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The Oceanian section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification will act as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). A total of 0.5 slots (i.e. 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament are available for OFC teams.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Current allocation of FIFA World Cup™ confederation slots maintained )〕 The 2016 edition of the OFC Nations Cup will once again double as the second round of the OFC qualifying competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup (similar to the 2012 OFC Nations Cup and the OFC qualifying competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Preliminary competition format outlined )〕 This means that once again, the team that wins the qualifying competition and advances to the intercontinental play-off may be different from the team that wins the OFC Nations Cup and represents the OFC at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. ==Format== The qualification structure is as follows:〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Draw Procedures – Oceanian Zone )〕 *First round: , , , and will play a round-robin tournament at a single country. The winner will advance to the second round. *Second round (OFC Nations Cup): A total of eight teams (, , , , , , , and the first round winner) will play the tournament at a single country. For the group stage, they will be divided into two groups of four teams. The top three teams of each group will advance to the third round of World Cup qualifying. The top two teams of each group will also advance to the knockout stage (semi-finals and final) to decide the 2016 OFC Nations Cup winner which will play in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. *Third round: The six teams which advance from the second round will be divided into two groups of three teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The two group winners will meet in a two-legged match with the winner advancing to the inter-confederation play-offs in November 2017 where they will play a team from another confederation for a place in the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals. The OFC have considered different proposals of the qualifying tournament.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/701d2613-f23f-4125-ae92-0700e8ec8787/language/en-US/Default.aspx )〕 A previous proposal adopted by the OFC in October 2014 had the eight teams divided into two groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches in the second round, followed by the top two teams of each group advancing to the third round to play in a single group of home-and-away round-robin matches to decide the winner of the 2016 OFC Nations Cup which would both qualify to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=OFC Executive Committee outcomes )〕 However, it was later reported in April 2015 that the OFC had reversed its decision, and the 2016 OFC Nations Cup will be played as a one-off tournament similar to the 2012 OFC Nations Cup.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Football: Heat goes on NZ after switch )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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